Okay, people. The voting was nearly unanimous – this story got 90% of the votes in my poll. Actually, only one other story got any votes. That will be the next one to be updated. Also, please go to my profile and look at my new poll – I need an answer by no later than the end of my Christmas break, which will be in like the first week of January. Thank you!

And, if you're wondering how these four new girls got their names, here's pretty much where they got them:

Elena Daniels: the first name from the main female character of "Vampire Diaries" and last name from the plural of the main character's name of "The Dangerous Days of Daniel X"

Riley Sanders: the first name from the main female character's younger sister from the Immortals series and the last name just something I thought of

Ariela Spiderwick: the first name from the Disney princess Ariel and the last name from "The Spiderwick Chronicles"

Haley Spiderwick: the first name just something I thought of and the last name from "The Spiderwick Chronicles"

Disclaimer: I own nothing used in this story, once again, except for the original characters. I also do not own the things that their names came from, and I do not own any of the characters from the "Harry Potter" series or the rights to any of the books that Angel may or may not read throughout this chapter.

Note: If something is surrounded by parentheses, that means that it is something that I as the writer am saying, NOT something that the character is thinking or doing. Now, on with the story! Also, sorry for all the Hufflepuff or Slytherin fans out there – there is some mean stuff about both those houses in this chapter.

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP.

For a second I didn't know what was going on. I rubbed my eyes, yawned, looked at the clock, and said, "Ginny, why did you set the alarm clock for 4 in the morning?" Then I blinked and blushed, remembering that I was no longer at home, but at Hogwarts. "Oops, sorry, you guys. What's going on?"

Cho smiled at me and said, "I have Quidditch practice, so I have to wake up really early. You might as well go back to sleep. You won't have to get up for at least another two hours."

I nodded and then tried to go back to sleep. However, after half-an-hour of tossing and turning, I just could not get back to sleep. I sighed and finally grabbed the book I had been reading last night off my nightstand and started reading again.

Eventually, I finished the book. (Hey, what can I say? I'm a fast reader. Same thing in real life, FYI.) I was going to be really bored, so I got out of bed, grabbed my uniform, and headed downstairs to the girls' bathroom off the side of the common room. I took off my pajamas and took a nice, long, hot shower. Then I toweled off and put on my school uniform. I went back upstairs, brushed my hair, and put some pretty gold hair-clips into it. Then I waited for my other roommates to wake up by reading another book, Marked by PC and Kristin Cast. (Yes, another book about vampires. Most of the books I've read lately have been vampire-related. Sorry.)

By the time I was on the fifth chapter, Penelope and Luna had woken up and gotten dressed as well. The three of us headed down for breakfast. I saw Monica sitting with some other Slytherin girls, also older, but when I waved to Monica, she glared at me and then went back to talking to a girl with short, dark brown hair. When I asked Luna who she was, Luna said that that was Pansy Parkinson, the meanest of the third-year Slytherin girls and Draco Malfoy's girlfriend. I felt sad that Monica didn't like me anymore, but I figured it was bound to happen eventually.

When I looked at the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff tables, both Maxine and Ariana waved to me, thank Merlin. I was going to need some friends in the same year as me! During breakfast, all the first-years were given their schedules. Mine said that I had flying lessons first-period with the other three houses, then Herbology with Slytherin, Transfiguration with Hufflepuff, Charms with Gryffindor, and then double-Potions with Hufflepuff. Then would be lunch, followed by History of Magic and Astrology, both of which would be taken with just other Ravenclaw first-years. But, gosh, I sure had a lot of classes with Hufflepuff! I thought that the Hufflepuffs were supposed to be idiots, though, so I could kind of see why we were always put with them. Kind of like how the Slytherins were supposed to be kind of mean, and that's why they were so often put with the Gryffindors.

After breakfast, a woman with short, silver hair stuck up in spikes named Professor Hooch led the class, which was pretty much mostly boys of all four houses, me, Maxine, Ariana, Monica, and maybe four other girls, whose names I soon learned were Elena Daniels (a Hufflepuff with blonde hair and light blue-gray eyes), Riley Sanders (a Gryffindor with dark brown hair and light brown eyes), Ariela Spiderwick (another Ravenclaw girl with red hair and light blue eyes), and Haley Spiderwick (Ariela's twin, a Slytherin girl with blonde hair and dark brown eyes). I was surprised that I hadn't seen Ariela before, but then I learned that, because of poor health, had been unable to go to the Welcoming Feast yesterday. I decided that, since Monica was no longer my friend, that Ariela could take her place. I figured that Haley had probably behaved the same way to Ariela that Monica had to me.

However, about halfway through the flying lesson, after pretty much all of us girls had risen into the air and almost all the boys were still stuck on the ground, Monica flew over to me and apologized. I was surprised, until she explained that the only reason she had glared at me was because Pansy was there, and it was expected of her to be mean to all the other Houses. Then I noticed that Haley was talking to Ariela, and though Ariela looked like she had been crying earlier, she looked a lot happier now.

I told Monica that I was glad she wasn't really mad at me, and that I hoped we could continue to be friends. She said that she hoped so, too, and we decided that we would still be friends. However, I also wanted to be friends with the Spiderwick twins, and so I talked to Ariela and Haley, and soon all six of us were friends. Elena Daniels and Riley Sanders said that they were still too sad to have friends, as both of them had had pretty much all their family murdered by Voldemort over the summer, and that it had been tough for them to even go to Hogwarts at all. We all agreed, but we said that we would be there to support them when they wanted friends again.

Finally, flying lessons were over, and Haley, Monica, Ariela, and I went off together to Herbology. The teacher was a woman dressed all in green with short, light gray, curly hair. Today we were learning how to care for Mandrakes, a task usually reserved for the second-years.

However, this year's bunch of first-years were supposedly some of the smartest in ages, so they said it would be okay if we tried it, just like how Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster, had lifted the ban on first-years trying out for our house Quidditch teams. All eight of us were going to be trying out for the teams, but I would be the only one with a bad broom, as all the other girls were rather rich. Ariela had offered to buy me a Nimbus 2001, and I accepted gratefully.

Now, back to the Mandrakes. The professor, whose name was Professor Sprout, the head of Hufflepuff, told each of us to grab a pair of earmuffs. Each of the boys grabbed a pair of blue earmuffs, and each of us girls grabbed a pair of pink or purple earmuffs. Poor Maxine wound up with a pair of fluffy, pink earmuffs because she wasn't quick enough to grab a good pair. I offered to switch with her, but she said she'd be okay.

Then Professor Sprout told each of us to put on the earmuffs, grab one of the Mandrakes, and repot them. Those plants were really loud! I didn't like them at all. I quickly replanted my Mandrake, as it was beginning to give me a headache. I noticed as all the other students quickly did the same.

Eventually, that class was over. Then Ariela and I headed off to find Maxine and Elena, though Elena still said no to our offer of friendship. Well… she eventually accepted, but it was just to get us to stop annoying her. Then all four of us went off to Transfiguration. A tabby cat with brown-gray fur was sitting on the teacher's desk. I looked around for the teacher, but I couldn't see the teacher anywhere. What a strange class! Suddenly, the cat leaped off the desk and transformed into a woman that also had brown-gray hair. The whole class clapped. She told us her name was Professor McGonagall and that she was head of Gryffindor. Then we started learning.

It was hard to believe that the class was over. Ariela and I waved goodbye to Maxine and Elena and headed off to Charms, meeting up with Ariana and Riley along the way. Ariana told us that she had recently convinced Riley to join our group, and I told her that we had done the same with Elena. We high-fived happily and walked into our Charms classroom. A very short man told us to sit down and that his name was Professor Flitwick. I recognized him as the head of Ravenclaw. We started learning the Levitating Charm. He told us to "swish and flick" and to say "Win-GAR-dium Levi-O-sa." We did, and soon all of us had our feathers levitating toward the ceiling. Guess they weren't kidding when they said that nearly everyone entering Hogwarts this year was a genius, as I remember Ron telling us once that one of the boys in his year, Seamus, had actually blown up his feather. I smiled to myself at his idiocy.

This class also eventually ended, and Ariela and I met back up with Maxine and Elena and headed off down to the icky dungeons. I shuddered, afraid that there might be rats down there or something. I know that Ron had a pet rat, but even that still creeped me out.

A man with really greasy, black hair strolled to the front of the classroom. He said that his name was Professor Snape and he was the head of Slytherin. He then magicked onto the board the potion we were supposed to make. He said that everything we needed was in the cupboard and to get started, as we only had fifty minutes. I got the feeling that he wasn't exactly a friendly teacher, but got to work anyway. Within a half-hour, almost the entire class was done with their potion. Except for poor Elena and Maxine, who had been paired together, just like me and Ariela. Maxine had made the wrong potion, I think, as it looked nothing like the one the rest of the class had made. I felt bad for them, really, because Snape took one look at their potion and deducted 10 points from Hufflepuff and gave both of them a P (for "Poor"), while the rest of the class got E's (for "Exceeds Expectations").

Maxine and Elena were both crying as we headed off for lunch, naturally, as neither of them had ever failed before. I still felt bad for them, but we had to go our separate ways because of the rule of having to sit with your own house for lunch. I sat between Ariela and Luna, and we talked about our morning. I supposed I could get used to this.

Okay, people, this is the end of the first actual chapter. I hope you like it! And, yes, I added more original characters because I couldn't think of other characters that would have been in Angel's year. Sorry! Please R+R!